Does anyone else feel sorry for inanimate objects

[Inthebluemountains]

My phone is knackered and today I decided to upgrade. All done and I was very excited about my shiny new phone. Until I picked the old one up and felt a bit sad.

Its been a good phone, delivered some lovely messages, some sad ones, some unpleasant ones, some plain boring ones. I just feel a bit sorry for it that a better one is going to come along and take its place on my whim. Its done nothing wrong (if you don't count the microphone no longer working and the camera lens being a little scratched but we all get old right).

Obviously it's a sodding phone, it has no feelings, I'll recycle it and all will be well. And yet I still feel a little sorry for it. (lighthearted obviously but also true :))

I was sad when our previous car went.

I make sure our bedroom doorstop (Mr Hedgehog) is always standing and comfortable; I got out of bed to arrange him yesterday as his nose looked squished.

When I was little I deliberately cuddled all my toys in order so none of them would be neglected and sad.

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha That really brought a tear to my eye

When I replace something in the house (e.g. my toothbrush) I have to throw the old toothbrush out before I can put the new toothbrush in the bathroom because I'm worried the old one will 'see' the new one and realise that it's being replaced .

I think I might be traumatised by that podcast !

I often say a silent thank you to objects that I'm getting rid of. I always feel bad about the shoes. They start off shiny and lovely, gradually get battered and smelly, then end up in a bag waiting to be recycled. All that hard work !

I don't think of them as animate objects, just little parts of my life coming along for the ride that I'm now saying good bye to .

@Pamdoo now I feel sad for Henry the hoover with his smiley-duct-taped face :(

I'm intrigued by the podcast - how do I find it? I've never listened to one before.

If you have an iPhone download the podcast app then search for it. If not go to Radiotopia.com and you’ll get it there.

I have to eat all the peas on my plate because I wouldn’t leave one alone. (I don’t feel this way about other vegetables)

Toilets. What a life they have. When they're not being shat, urinated or vomited in, or expected to swallow jizzy tissues, they're being cleaned with nasty chemical crap. What did porcelain do to deserve such an existence ? I'm not sure Messrs. Armitage, Shanks and Co. envisioned this.

@icebearforpresident thankyou!

Love these!

I feel sorry for utensils which come straight out of the dishwasher, get used then put in the dishwasher again.

They don’t get to play with their friends in the drawer

Yep, sometimes I have to produce papers for my colleagues to take on trips to the US, Singapore etc, I always choose the paper and files carefully as if I'm selecting them for a treat as they get to go on the trip and often then live there permanently. I also feel a bit sorry for those items that don't get to go. #weirdo

At last, I have found my tribe!
My DH thinks it's dunny to anthromorphise (?sp) and do voices for food and inanimate objects - well, he used to until I stopped him with a death stare.
Angie169 i bought my DM a draught stopper, it was crsam coloured plush with a snakes face. She refused to use it as a draught stop as it was too nice, she used to keep it by her armchair and stroke him. I had to buy her a £6 cheap fabric coloured one from the supermarket for the door! I still have the snake, he's never going to used as a draught stop though.

i can't close a door or drawer on a bit of something poking out as it must be uncomfortable for that bit of bra strap or shirt sleeve or whatever.

Yes I have a Buddha and someone broke the head of it so when I clean it and it's poor head moves I always say sorry to it

I sometimes feel sorry for unwanted bits of bric a brac at second hand sales or charity shops. Then I think of the dusting and recover

We've just replaced my car... we thought we would keep it for another year or so, but v expensive repair made us swap it. We took it to trade in; my son cried and both kids gave it a hug to say goodbye.

The new car is amazing, but I feel like I have betrayed my beloved old car :-(

I do this all the time. There was an overturned lorry on the news today. I felt sorry for it laying on its side, looking sad with all its underneath bits on show.

I felt guilty when we sold our old house, as if we'd abandoned a member of our family. I still wonder if it misses us and hope the new people are looking after it well.

I'm crying with laughter but feeling heart warmingly happy it's not just me.

I also apologise to clothes and accessories I can't take on holiday. I don't tell them they need a rest I also throw out the old versions of items after thanking them ala Kon Mari before the new ones arrives.

When I was young, we would often have double post boxes next to each other. I had to split the letters that needed to be posted up so both postboxes could be fed. If my mum gave me an uneven number of letters I would try to split the letters by weight. I haven't continued this as an adult.

Yes am a terrible hoarder because of it

I still have not forgiven my mum for leaving my cuddly ET in a cupboard by himself for years (and she knows it)

(Un)Fortunately my daughter is the same

For me, the thing that upsets me most is the craze for book folding. Those poor books do not get to fulfil their destiny of being read, having someone immersed in their pages, then passed on to someone else, for them to do the same. They get folded into 'LOVE' or 'PEACE' and just sit on a mantle piece, gather dust and not being read.

When I worked in a shop and had to pack the Christmas decorations away I carefully placed them in a box ready to put up on the top shelf and before I sealed it I whispered inside it, "Bye bye decorations, it's going to be dark for a bit but I'll see you again in 11 months and you can come out again"

I do the bean/sweetcorn tin thing. I have to make sure every last bean and/or kernel fulfills its destiny.

I don't know if you can include a car as inanimate, but I cried when I took my beloved car to the scrapyard its holiday home.
I felt so guilty

I felt terrible for getting rid of our old washing machien. I loved him dearly, such a faithful machien, originally brought as a very cheap starter machien when we first got married he last 10 years with next to no problems. Towards the end he even earned the nickname lazurs! He showed signs of being dead or dying and I would look at new machines feel guilty and go back to try him for just one more wash and he would be revived and working beautifully. Unfortantly it had to come to an end. The new machien still looks wrong in our utility room.

I hate seeing dolls and teddies dragged around by their limbs. And I've become very attached to ds' rare bear, almost as much as he has. More than happy to make extra lunch for bear and make sure he has something to do when we all go out.

I tried to make sure I used my different wraps and slings evenly so none of them felt left out. Unfortantly ds became an opinionated toddler who only want up in his cars sling. I think I should find them a baby to love but live in hope other ups might be tolerated again.